Overnight crime spree

At least three businesses in the George Town and Savannah area were hit by burglars, robbers or would-be robbers in the overnight hours between Monday and Tuesday, according to Royal Cayman Islands Police.

The first incident was reported just before 11pm Monday at the Wendy’s restaurant in Savannah.

Police said two armed suspects attempted to rob the place, one standing outside the drive-thru window tapping on the glass with what appeared to be a silver handgun. Wendy’s staff members refused to come to the window and the two men drove off. Nothing was taken and no one was hurt.

No such luck at Reflections, where police said a cashier was robbed by two armed suspects, one carrying a handgun and another a “long gun”. Police said the two men made off with the store’s cash pan in the direction of Washington Avenue in George Town.

Again, no one was hurt.

Meanwhile, staff at the Blockbuster video store in Grand Harbour reported that business was apparently broken into sometime overnight. It was not immediately clear what had been taken.

It was about a month ago that the Blockbuster store in the Westshore plaza along West Bay Road was burgled; the suspects in the incident sprayed a fire extinguisher all over the inside of the store, according to staffers there.

Police did not immediately state whether any of the incidents were connected.